A practical treatise on modern gas and oil engines (1902)
Grover, Frederick · Manchester, The Technical Publishing Co., Limited; [etc., etc.] · leaf 99
lf-starters we have described ignite the mixture atatmospheric pressure; hence the impulse of the startingstroke is limited, and the maximum pressure in the cylinderwill not usually exceed 80 lb. per square inch. In order toincrease this pressure, Mr. Dugald Clerk was the first toapply the…
Internal combustion engines
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